SCORES
The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
piano solo
LISTEN
ABOUT
The four movements of The Piper at the Gates of Dawn recreates a journey through the night to the breaking of dawn as magically captured in a chapter from Kenneth Grahame’s The Wind in the Willows. This score is dedicated to Roy Howat who premiered all four movements during the work’s evolution covering a fourteen year span.
piano
DURATION
14:00
Prelude 2:45
Nocturne 3:05
Caprice 3:10
Finale 3:09
DATE OF COMPOSITION
1990-2003
PERFORMANCES
16 January 1991 (World Premiere of Caprice) Roy Howat
Kirkcaldy Music Society, Scotland
2001 Rosemary Tuck
ABC FM live broadcast
Hinde Street Church, London (Caprice)
2005 Karin Bernhard
Zurich, Switzerland.
2005 Roy Howat
Elder Hall, University of Adelaide (world premiere of new Finale).
Auditorium, University of Aveiro, Portugal. International Piano Festival.
2006 Roy Howat
Pangbourne College, UK
Pequeno Auditorio, Centro Cultural de Belem, Spain.
2017 Roy Howat
ABC FM broadcast.
ABC FM (Finale)
2018 Wendy Hiscocks
Nowra School of Arts, Australia (Caprice)
St. Jude’s, Bowral, Australia (Caprice)
Wesley Church in the Mall, Wollongong, Australia (Caprice).
Gerringong Town Hall, Australia (Caprice)
Earlier Performances
1991 Roy Howat
Concert Hall, University of Glasgow, Scotland
BBC Edinburgh studio recording, Scotland
Gordonstoun School, Scotland
Elphinston Hall, Aberdeen University, Scotland.
Southampton University, UK.
London City University, London, UK
Concert Hall, Cambridge
Liverpool University, UK
Exeter University, UK
The Old School, Leisters, UK
Binham Abbey, Norfolk, UK
University of Wales, Cardiff, Wales
Maison Debussy, St Germain-en-Laye, France.
British Embassy, Paris
Bibliothèque polonaise, Paris
Fine Arts Society, New Bond St, London
Chopin Society, London
Leeds University, Leeds, UK
1991 Daniel Martin-Lewis
Downer Room, Australia House, London
1992 Roy Howat
Kingsway College, London
BBC Northern Ireland
Windsor Castle Library, Berkshire, UK
University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
RTHK (Radio Hong Kong)
University of New England, Armidale, Australia
ASKM, Adelaide, Australia
Canberra School of Music, Australia
Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre, Penrith, Australia, ABC live recital
Melba Hall, University of Melbourne, Australia
Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia
Roy Howat, 24 May 1992, ABC FM broadcast
Robert Blackwood Hall, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
Hutt Valley Chamber Music Society, New Zealand
Wellington, Radio New Zealand (RNZ) Concert FM
Christchurch Arts Centre, New Zealand
School of Music, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Ripley Recitals Association, Bromley, Kent, UK
Aldeburgh Festival, Jubilee Hall, Suffolk, UK
Spitalfields Festival, London (World premiere of Prelude and Nocturne)
Binham Priory, Norfolk, UK
Fairfield Hall, Croydon, UK
Gordonstoun Festival, Scotland
Purcell Room, London
University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
Brunel University, London
Conservatoire de Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Université de Lausanne, Switzerland
1992 Sally Mays
ABC FM
1993 Roy Howat
Ludlow Music Society, Ludlow, UK
West Kilbride Music Club, West Kilbride, Scotland
Liverpool University, UK
University Theatre, University of Liverpool, UK.
Atherton Performing Arts Studio, Hawaii Public Radio broadcast, Honolulu, Hawaii.
University of Queensland, Australia
Armidale Town Hall, Armidale, Australia
Jetty Memorial Theatre, Coffs Harbour, Queensland
Marama Hall, Otago, New Zealand
Wollongong University, Australia
Recital Hall, Tasmanian Conservatorium of Music, Tasmania
Bendestorf Klaviertage, Hamburg, Germany
Geesthacht, Germany
Akaroa Gallery, New Zealand
Aotea Centre, New Zealand
Auckland School of Music, New Zealand
Town Hall, Zeven, Germany
1993 Rosemary Tuck
Silkeborg Kunstmuseum, Silkeborg, Denmark (Caprice)
1993 Lyn Garland
The Palace, Valletta, Malta
1994 Rosemary Tuck
Canberra School of Music, Canberra (Caprice)
1994 Roy Howat
Auditori del Centre Cultural la merce, Girano, Spain.
1994 Wendy Hiscocks
Les Musicales Gabriel Faure, Annecy-le-vieux, Switzerland
1995 Roy Howat
Luton Music Club, UK
Town Hall, Armidale, Australia (Premiere of complete work)
Basil Jones Theatre, Queensland Conservatorium of Music, Queensland, Australia
University of Sydney, Australia
School of Music, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, NZ
Waimakariri Community Arts, Rangiora, New Zealand
Akaroa Gallery, New Zealand
War Memorial Hall, Wanganui, NZ.
Music Theatre, University of Auckland, NZ
James O Fairfax Theatre, National Gallery of Art, Canberra, Australia.
ABC FM recording.
Girona, Spain
University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
RTHK (Hong Kong Radio) recording
1996 Roy Howat
Eugene Goossens Hall, ABC, Sydney. Live broadcast.
Alliance Francaise, Enterprise House, Unley, Adelaide, Australia.
Grand Salle du College de St. Maurice, RTSR live broadcast L’heure musicale
Conservatoire de Neuchatel, Switzerland
Church of St. Bitolph, Bishopsgate, London
Ripley, Bromley, Kent.
1996 Jenny Quick
St. Mary’s Church, Totnes, Devon.
RNIB Music Club, London, UK
1998 Roy Howat
Leeds Grammar School, Leeds, UK.
Concerts Astoria, Brussels, Belgium.
Great Hall, Dartington Summer School, Devon.
George M. Modlin Center for the Arts, Camp Concert Hall, University of Virginia, USA.
Talmadge Recital Hall, Hollins University, Roanoke, Virginia, USA
